The Greeley Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Weld County class is clad in hairnets Jan. 10 as they visited the Owens Illinois bottling plant, 11133 Eastman Park Drive, Windsor, and Country Creations, 611 8th St., and Distortions Unlimited, 517 13th St., both in Greeley for their session on economic development.
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Grant helps with low-cost pet surgeries

The Community Foundation recently gave Denkai Animal Sanctuary’s Community Veterinary Clinic a grant to allow the clinic to subsidize the cost of spaying and neutering for 500 cats and dogs at a much lower cost, according to a news release.

The cost per surgery will be $30 for dogs and cats and $15 for cat neuters, the release stated, for 500 animals and help reduce euthanizations.

Denkai’s Community Veterinary Clinic is located at 217 1st St., in Eaton. Call (970) 454-3353 for more information.

The Global Refugee Center in Greeley has begun its Valentines Day fundraiser. The GRC will sell 9-inch homemade, frosted, sugar cookies for $5 each. All proceeds will support the center’s scholarship fund. The school helps refugees attend classes daily on English as a Second Language, as well as classes to obtain their GED and U.S. citizenship.

GRC staff members will be making the cookies at Greeley-Evans District 6 Nutrition Center. To make the cookies available for Valentine’s Day, orders are due by Feb. 10. Pickup will be Feb. 13-14 at the Global Refugee Center, 1424 13th Ave., Greeley.

The Downtown Development Authority is seeking entrants into its second “Blarney on the Block” St. Patrick’s Day Celebration to be held from 2-6 p.m. March 16 on the 9th Street Plaza.

The parade will be led by the Fort Collins Pipe and Drum Band. It will begin on the 8th Street Plaza and end around the block on 9th Street. Other entertainment includes The Stubby Shillelaghs, children’s activities, contests and more. It will be a “Go-Cup” day on the 9th Street Plaza.

Groups or organizations are encouraged to enter. There is no cost. Individuals and families also will be welcome to join in.

The DDA also is seeking volunteers to help plan and implement the parade and the day’s activities.

For more information or to enter in the parade, contact the Downtown Development Authority at (970) 356-6775 or email alison@greeleydowntown.com.

Local Geico office No. 1 in Colorado

The Fort Collins GEICO Office, serving Fort Collins, Loveland and Greeley, finished No. 1 in the state in several categories for 2012, according to a news release.

Located on the southeast corner of College Avenue and Harmony Road, the office is one of just five in the state (others include Boulder, Aurora, Littleton and Colorado Springs) and of 159 nationally. The Fort Collins office also has bilingual agents.

The office services all of northern Colorado and southern Wyoming. For more information, call (970) 221-5230 or (888) 769-5839.

Call center hosts event for community

Afni, a call center in Evans, will host a customer service appreciation night for the community from 7-9 p.m. Monday at the Greeley Ice Haus, 900 8th Ave., and will include ice skating, a DJ and food.

The event is open to everyone. The event is free to those who work in customer service (just bring in proof where you work and what you do), free to job-seekers (on-site interviews at the rink available), and $2 for anyone else in the community, according to a news release.

Job seekers who are planning to attend the event are encouraged to go to bit.ly/AfniCareersEvans for a full list of open jobs and to apply in advance.